People Prefer Deontological Reasoners Over Utilitarian Leaders

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People overwhelmingly prefer deontological reasoners over utilitarian. That's slightly different when it comes to like leaders or people who are in a role where it's their job to treat everyone equally. So, we did some studies during the pandemic looking at trust in leaders who endorse deontological or utilitarian approaches to moral dilemmas.

Most of us strive to be good, moral people. When we are doing that striving, what is happening in our brains? Some of our moral inclinations seem pretty automatic and subconscious. Other times we have to sit down and deploy our full cognitive faculties to reason through a tricky moral dilemma. I talk with psychologist Molly Crockett about where our moral intuitions come from, how they can sometimes serve as cover for bad behaviors, and how morality shapes our self-image.

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Molly J. Crockett received her Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology from the University of Cambridge. She is currently Associate Professor of Psychology and University Center for Human Values at Princeton University. She is a Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science and the Society for Experimental Social Psychology.

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